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Hims & Hers shares closed down 16% on Monday, while Novo Nordisk’s share price nudged up early on Tuesday.Weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro have soared in popularity over the last few years.Patent expiry has also led to rise of low-cost copycat weight-loss drugs, with warnings about the safety of some of them.Novo Nordisk said on Monday its action against Hims & Hers aims to “protect public health and defend the scientific innovations that deliver better health outcomes to Americans”.Hims & Hers said in response it has “a long history of providing…

“The ability to secure immediate commitments from Apple and Google reflects the unique flexibility of the UK digital markets competition regime and offers a practical route to swiftly address the concerns we’ve identified,” she said.The CMA ruled both Apple and Google’s app stores had “strategic market status” in October 2025, which allowed it to demand changes to promote competition and choice.As part of the measures announced on Tuesday, the regulator said Apple and Google had also committed not to use data gathered from third-party app developers in an unfair way.Cardell said these were “important first steps” as the CMA continues…

Available for 29 daysBen Haines, Ellen White, Jen Beattie reflect on the weekends WSL action as the race for Europe gets tighter, the battle to stay off the bottom gets tougher and there are new contracts and departures at Chelsea. The team reflect on wins for Liverpool, West Ham and Everton as Leicester City suddenly find themselves at the foot of the table. Some big results at the other end of the table too as the fight for a top three spot and a Champions League football gets tighter and tighter between Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. Jen reacts to…

Tim Seifert and Finn Allen put on a record-breaking opening partnership as New Zealand made it two wins from two matches with a 10-wicket defeat of the United Arab Emirates. They guided New Zealand to victory with the highest partnership for any wicket in T20 World Cup history, breaking the previous mark of 170 held by England’s Jos Buttler and Alex Hales in a 10-wicket win over India in the 2022 semi-final.Batting first in Chennai, half-centuries from captain Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu took the UAE to 173-6, a total they would have thought gave them a fighting chance against…

England Test captain Ben Stokes says he has had successful surgery on the broken cheek he sustained when hit by a ball while coaching Durham’s academy.Stokes, 34, was injured last week as he worked with youngsters at his county.It is understood he was struck by a ball hit by a batter as he stood beside the nets.The all-rounder posted a photograph from hospital of his swollen face on Instagram on Tuesday with the caption: “May not look like it but the surgery was a success.”It is not yet known when Stokes can return to cricket.He will be part of England…

Two South Korean cross-country skiers have been disqualified at the Winter Olympics after a banned type of wax was found on their skis.Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin were disqualified from the qualification round for the women’s classic sprint after their equipment “tested positive for fluor”, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said.Fluor – or fluorinated ski wax – has been banned by the FIS since the 2023-24 season. It is water-repellent and was originally used on sailboats, external to make them glide better before being introduced to skiing in the 1980s.There were also health and environmental concerns as it…

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice took the unusual step of joining Monk and other council leaders at a media briefing on Friday, where he said Worcestershire was in the greatest financial trouble of the 12 councils it runs in England.He said he was confident the council, which had asked for permission to increase council tax by up to 10% from April, would turn things round.But his words were not enough to prevent Reform councillor David Taylor resigning from the party live on air on the BBC’s Politics Midlands show on Sunday. The Worcestershire county councillor said people in his constituency…

In 2006, Palm Beach police were investigating the disgraced financier for the alleged sexual exploitation of underage girls. The case was later turned over to federal prosecutors, who in 2008 made a controversial plea deal with Epstein that included a non-prosecution agreement that protected him from more serious charges.In a statement to the BBC, a justice department official said: “We are not aware of any corroborating evidence that the president contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.”At the White House briefing on Tuesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the reported call and said it “may or may not have…

AFP via Getty ImagesThe Gordie Howe International Bridge will connect southern Detroit, Michigan, USA, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada when completedCarney said he also reminded the president that it was built by US and Canadian workers and with steel from both countries.”This is a great example of cooperation between our countries and I look forward to it opening,” he told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday. He said that Trump asked that the US ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, who is from Michigan, “play a role in smoothing the conversation in and around the bridge”. Speaking to reporters at the White House…

The Students’ Union at Bangor said the decision was made by the society, not the Union, which remains “politically neutral and supports freedom of speech within the law”.The Bangor Debating & Political Society, based at the university in Gwynedd, north Wales, said Reform was not welcome following a request from Anderton and Pochin, MP for Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire. The society said it had rejected the request from Reform “in line with our values”, adding: “We stand by this decision as a committee.””Their approach to the lives of others is antithetical to the values of welcoming and fair debate…